SecretSam

I don't get the antipathy on here towards Hughes. Hopefully he can do something with Bradfud, although I still blame them to a large extent for the distorting parachute payments that are ruining the Championship.

17 hours ago, CliftonCliff said:

There’s a lot of convenient and lazy re-writing of history that goes on to suit agendas on OTIB, and Millen is far from being alone in suffering from that. SOD is another, and there are more besides.

Nonsense. Millen's teams were dire, I can recall us playing it long to Nicky Maynard, utterly tactical lunacy and dreadful to watch. A terrible appointment.

SO'D came in when we were in a mess, and at least recruited some top notch players (Flint, Pack, JET)

Anyone think it's time Wells had a game?

I would imagine right now Richard Gould is sitting down with JL and NP and sorting this out. Washing dirty laundry in public is not a good look. Imagine SL probably had a word as well. 

This season has been frustrating, for sure, but I think deep down, most of us expected it to be stop-start. There's been some positives and we can see a clear way forward, which we haven't in the past.

We need to stop thinking of ourselves as a "Top 6" team, we aren't even close just now.

3 hours ago, Fordy62 said:

Genuinely wouldn’t look out of place at our neighbours mish mash of a ground!

Too good for the Slags, it's not made of canvas...

We need quite a few, though (RB, CB, wing, striker). HNM would be a pretty good bet to be off in the summer, not sure what fee he'd command in the current weird market. 

2 hours ago, TonyTonyTony said:

Surely we have to try something different. I would go for 4 3 3

             Max/Bents

       RB?     TK TK    CP

              JW   HNS

                  AS   

         AW    CM   AS

Only problem with that is we have no cover in midfield really, and JW cant play every game. We also risk burning out HMN and AS.

:laugh: for a minute I thought you had two Kalas' in there 

46 minutes ago, Tafkarmlf said:

Odd that Dave, never had a PM from you, just a really supportive one from a lovely poster regarding my ongoing situation. Aside from that inbox is empty. 

Ignore settings at max include PMs so as you keep stating I'm on ignore that's the reason. 

 

Regards the rest of the comments, lets see. 

As everyone is so keen on knowing, stuff

 I'm on Propanalol to be able to leave the house. 

Not eaten properly for months and I'm on meal replacement drinks because of the stress.

I've been egged and stalked as part of  possible reprisals. 

Regards support as everyone is so concerned. 

I've a dedicated police officer for support on the case. 

An IDVA also on the case

A trauma therapist 

Victim Support Help

Employee Assistance Programme help

Just started a DV recovery programme. 

At the same time I'm rehabbing a non related shoulder and neck injury caused by a fall at home 

So a physio, multiple painkillers and rehabilitation for that as well. 

I have to document every journey outside the house use Hollieguard so my location can be tracked and then make a note and report to the police anything unusual, such as someone rattling the bins, or playing knock and run away. 

I have to let people know where I'm going, when and who I'll be with for how long and then check in I'm home safe. Cant walk many places alone, not allowed to. 

I'm likely to lose my job, and possibly my house over all this having already been batrered, bruised, concussed and sexually abused 

So, not 'mental' not a 'narcissist' or anything else thrown this way. 

Im just a very afraid woman, looking to engage in something that's relatively safe,  get away from all that crap and where her abuser wont turn up and repeat the same. It is the oddest thing to see other posters try though, which is why people will get short shrift. 

Enjoy the rest of your discussions. 

 

 

Well, that's a horrible situation, but coming on here and winding people up who don't know your circumstances is not a safe way to behave.

I hope you get to a better place, but in the meantime, maybe stay away from social media?

#ItsOkayNotToBeOkay

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9 minutes ago, Roger Red Hat said:

How do you know?

Anyone can become de-motivated. Doesn't mean they're bad at their job. In some cases, it just means that because they aren't being managed correctly, they aren't performing to their max.

I suspect coaching and a change in style has been a factor, plus playing him more centrally. If people want to carp, let them. I'm just enjoying his performances (and goals).

5 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

Yes looks like one of those vehicles for disabled people that used to be around the edge of the ground until H&S was invented.

Name some health and safety legislation that you think is bad. I work with major developers, and they literally use their good H&S records as a sales pitch. I've seen countries with no H&S legislation, and it's terrifying: see, for example, Qatar.

Interesting article / interview with AA in the Grauniad, such a good player for us and others.

Albert's a massive QPR fan!

3 hours ago, BrizzleRed said:

Were we really??  Granted, Cotts threw his toys out of the pram when he felt he wasn’t being backed and results took a dive, but there was a very good, if small squad there.

Do you honestly believe that double winning squad LJ inherited was more of a mess than the bloated squad of overpaid misfits and dross he left us with and we’re still trying to clear out?

 

Didn't we only have something like 19 players when he took over - we were a mess. And saying "Oh, he had the double winning squad" - that's the League 1 double, the gap between L1 and the Championship is huge.

The squad comment is right, tho', yes, we were a mess - but I already acknowledged that this time had come here. And I'm not sure that he was entirely to blame for the squad - he was a young manager, with no experience of managing at this level, and possibly influenced too much by others.

I'm not saying he was a rip-roaring success here, but saying he was useless from day one is just nonsense.

I'm baffled by two things: the decision by Sunderland (they're THIRD), and the (continued) hatred for LJ on here.

Yes, things went wrong towards the end, but was that all down to him? We had some tremendous results and let's not forget, we were in a real mess when he took over.

It was the right time to let him go from AG, but this decision by Sunderland is nuts.

On 24/01/2022 at 15:37, Akira said:

You sure?

It's pretty dreadful behaviour from what is no doubt a minority of their fans.

Let's not sink to their level by online macho posturing about fighting and being 'hard', it 2021, not 1981.

Well done the Cardiff board for agreeing to pay for the damage.

The one that mystifies me is Bath, how come they haven't managed to do anything. 

The West Country, however, struggles to support the league clubs it has now, let alone new ones.

4 hours ago, Monkeh said:

Both very good keepers, both have plus and minus points

Both deserve to start,

Max for me currently as he's earned a chance,

It's nice to have two quality keepers at this level

That's the sort of balanced and reasoned thinking that has NO PLACE on this forum!

Right, so he's off to Ipswich. He didn't fit in, let's hope we get a good fee and a sell-on.

In some ways, I favour the free market, sink-or-swim approach: it's a risk based judgement. Most promoted teams come straight back down anyway.

However, the risk of this is that it creates a situation where 17 PL teams are pretty much safe from relegation, spending their £££ on good players, knowing that the teams coming up may well be cautious about spending, and so become cannon fodder on promotion.

Although, that's kind of happening now (see Norwich)

Congratulations to the OTIB team, 25 years makes you positively ancient in the online world!

On 08/01/2022 at 17:24, chinapig said:

Interesting reference to playing more bravely from the back, which he seems to prefer, as do we all. As opposed to hoofing everything towards Martin as we did until recently, which nobody enjoys.

Interestingly, there was that article in the Post about the positive impact of playing Max and the improved playing out from the back.

And remember, Bents and Kalas are besties...

Game abandoned due to a fan racially abusing a player

Twitter report

On 19/12/2021 at 23:57, Lrrr said:

I can’t see games going behind closed doors, there will be no furlough this time to support clubs and closing a source of income for smaller teams 

I'm sure AG counts as a hospitality venue, we've certainly been very hospitable to visiting teams recently